What’s in a name?
Change of Name: The Law and Practice (4th edition) | By Nasreen Pearce
The Swedey take on the Met
Operation Countryman: The Flawed Enquiry into London Police Corruption | By Dick Kirby
When familial bonds reach breaking point
In the Blood | By Ruth Mancini
Taking infinite pains
How Judges Decide Cases: Reading, Writing and Analysing Judgments | By Andrew Goodman
How to conduct an orderly departure
Exit Strategies Toolkit | By Tracey Calvert and Helen Carr
Careful George, he’s tooled up
Scotland Yard’s Gangbuster: Bert Wickstead’s Most Celebrated Cases | By Dick Kirby
Chambers of horrors
The Negligents | By Kate Smith
A regime for regime change
The Handbook of the Law of Visiting Forces (2nd edition) | By Dieter Fleck
Book review: Use of Force in International Law
The Use of Force in International Law: A Case-Based Approach | Edited by Tom Ruys, Olivier Corten and Alexandra Hofer
Chapter and verve: the best reads of 2018
An indispensable guide on how to write clearly; useful lessons for aspiring solicitors; and a fascinating account of the murder of a George Bernard Shaw devotee. David Pickup chooses his best books of 2018.
Rise and fall
End of an Era: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise | By Carl Minzner
Life after a breakdown
This Too Will Pass | By Richard Martin
A new front in the war against legislative overload
Red Tape: Managing Excess in Law, Regulation and the Courts | Robin Ellison
Rules for robots
Robot Rules: regulating artificial intelligence, by Jacob Turner
Sting in the tale
To Trust or Not To Trust | By Manny and Brigitta Davidson
Minority report
Dissenting Judgments in the Law | Edited by Neal Geach and Christopher Monaghan
Silent witnesses
All that remains: A life in death | By Sue Black
Book review: Family Law
Edited by Ruth Lamont
